Where does “vento” come from?

vento (Esperanto) comes from French vent, from Middle French vent, from Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

vento (Esperanto): wind

Definitions

  1. wind

Ancestry of “vento”, step by step

vento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French vent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchventAtmospheric wind; A flatulence; Empty words, hot...
2Middle Frenchventwind
3Old Frenchventwind
4Latinventusa wind; arrival
5Proto-Italicwentoswind
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Italian vento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventowind

Words derived from “vento”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts →